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Brooklyn: Here's a List of What to Do This New Year's Eve!

There won't be the usual crowds or hugging strangers. And we might be rocking sweats and socks. But, together, we will kiss 2020 goodbye!

Dec 30, 2020 5:53 PM Read more >

Bushwick Senior Center Employee Surprises Residents With 75 Hot Christmas Meals

From security guard to social worker to Santa: Jovanka Cruz said she wanted to bring hope to seniors who have had a hard year

Dec 30, 2020 2:49 PM Read more >

Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More

In his 1985 essay "Here Be Dragons," James Baldwin wrote: "At bottom, what I had learned was that the male desire for a male roams everywhere, avid, desperate, unimaginably lonely.

Dec 30, 2020 9:22 AM Read more >

Year in Review: BK Reader's Top Stories of 2020

Here's a look back at our top-ten stories of the year, plus a few of our editor's picks!

Dec 29, 2020 3:16 PM Read more >

Why it Matters That the Coronavirus Is Changing and What This Means for Vaccine Effectiveness

The French government will not accept any passengers arriving from the U.K. amid fears over the new mutant coronavirus strain

Dec 29, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >

Before They Closed, Restaurants Opened Doors for Us

The last time I set foot inside a restaurant was Wednesday, March 11.

Dec 29, 2020 9:51 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Cop Survived Christmas Eve Shooting Thanks to Bulletproof Vest

The cop was responding to a domestic violence call in Crown Heights

Dec 28, 2020 9:37 PM Read more >

New York Bans All Evictions For Two More Months, Extendable to May

The act allows tenants and some homeowners to file a hardship declaration halting eviction or foreclosure until May 1

Dec 28, 2020 5:28 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Rents Dropped More During COVID-19 Than the 2008 Financial Crisis

Brooklyn rents have dropped 6.3% on last year, but house prices remain high with DUMBO coming in as the costliest neighborhood to buy in the borough

Dec 28, 2020 12:41 PM Read more >

Yang Presses Forward, Wiley Is Sidelined: Highlights From Mayors Race

Few elected officials seem more eager than Mayor Bill de Blasio to put, as he phrased it, this "God-forsaken" year behind him. But 2020 was not without its lessons for this mayor and for those seeking to succeed him. On Wednesday, Mr.

Dec 28, 2020 9:28 AM Read more >